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• Felon Who Graduated From Yale Allowed To Become Lawyer

  29-09-2017 22:00
  By DAVE COLLINSAssociated Press
  HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A convicted felon who turned his life around, won acclaim as a published poet and graduated from Yale Law School has received approval to practice law in Connecticut.
  The Connecticut Bar Examining Committee admitted Reginald Dwayne Betts to the state bar Friday. The panel had flagged his file after he passed the bar exam to investigate whether he lacked “good moral character and/or fitness to practice law.&rdq
  
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• Lucas Till On Becoming MacGyver

  29-09-2017 21:37
  Mac is back! MacGyver returns for its second season on CBS tonight at 8 PM ET. Lucas Till reprises his role as Angus “Mac” MacGyver in the series known for creative problem solving and edge of your seat action!
  CBS Local’s Matt Weiss caught up with Till ahead of the show’s sophomore season to discuss how he became MacGyver, his preparation and his favorite MacGyver moment from the show thus far!
  MW- Hey Lucas, how’s it going?
  LT- Hey Matt, how are you doing?
  MW- Doi
  
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• Keidel: Steelers-Ravens Will Help Define Season

  29-09-2017 21:28
  By Jason Keidel
  It’s a bit early in the NFL campaign for season-defining games. But if you’ll allow for one in September, you may find it in Baltimore on Sunday, when the Baltimore Ravens (2-1) host the Pittsburgh Steelers (2-1) for first place in the AFC North.
  The Ravens and Steelers should be at their snarling best on Sunday. Adding to the natural, yearly disdain they already feel toward the other, each team lost in ugly fashion last week to an inferior club. The Ravens were surpr
  
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• Police ID Suspect in May New Haven Shooting

  29-09-2017 20:44 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  New Haven police say detectives have an arrest warrant ready for a suspect in a shooting hours after the city’s annual Freddie Fixer Parade on May 21.Photo Credit: New Haven Police
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Russian Hackers and CT Elections

  29-09-2017 20:21
  Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill talks about the Russian attempted hacking, as well as national Voter Registration Day.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: Ramifications of the Trump Tax Plan

  29-09-2017 20:20
  Andrew Lattimer, Partner at BlumShapiro, looks at the ramifications the Trump Tax Plan could have on Connecticut businesses and individuals, if approved.
  
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• Ray Dunaway: How the Bond Rating Drops Affects Hartford

  29-09-2017 20:18
  Mayor Luke Bronin of Hartford discusses the unfortunate bond rating drop, and challenges of the capital city and state budget impasse.
  
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• Pickup Crashes Into House in Hartford

  29-09-2017 20:10 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A Hartford house is uninhabitable after a pickup crashed into it Friday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Man Accused of Stealing Booze During Break-in at Hamden Bar Arrested

  29-09-2017 20:04 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police have arrested a man who is accused of breaking into a Hamden bar and stealing bottles of liquor, then going back and stealing more.Photo Credit: Hamden Police
  
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• CT Air National Guard Brings Help to Puerto Rico

  29-09-2017 19:57 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  About a dozen Connecticut Air National Guardsmen loaded eight tons of water and several generators into a C-130 cargo plane and will head to Puerto Rico in continuing efforts to bring relief to the island...Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Darien Woman Collided With Tractor-Trailer in Hamden: Police

  29-09-2017 19:49 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A 22-year-old Darien woman suffered serious injuries in a crash in Hamden early Friday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Waterbury Hospital Sends Medicine, Supplies to Puerto Rico

  29-09-2017 19:14 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Waterbury Hospital is sending 1,000 pounds of medical supplies and medicine to Puerto Rico to help people affected by Hurricane Maria.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Man Accused Of Shooting Cops, Wife Released From Hospital

  29-09-2017 19:12
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – State police say the New Haven man suspected of shooting his wife and then two police officers last Saturday was released from the hospital Friday.
  Police say 51-year-old Douglas Monroe was shot by members of a SWAT team after he pointed a gun at them during a standoff at his Elm Street home. He’s now in state police custody, held on $900,000 bond on a first-degree assault charge. Additional charges are pending, said police.
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• Man Pleads Guilty In Ambush, Killing Of Food Delivery Person

  29-09-2017 19:00
  WATERBURY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut and AP) – A Connecticut man faces 45 years in prison for the fatal shooting of a food delivery person last year.
  The Republican-American reports that under a plea deal, 21-year-old Anthony Wright, of Waterbury pleaded guilty Thursday to felony murder in the August 2016 death of 59-year-old Helena Vargas. Formal sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 1.
  Authorities say Wright, a teenage boy and two teenage girls participated. They say one of the girls placed an o
  
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• Man Accused of Shooting Wife, Officers in New Haven Arrested

  29-09-2017 18:45 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A 51-year-old New Haven man who is accused of shooting his wife and two police officers in New Haven last Saturday has been charged in connection with the shooting of his wife, according to state police.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Police Searching for New Britain Man Suspected of Downloading Child Porn

  29-09-2017 18:27 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  State police are searching for a man suspected of downloading child pornography from the Internet.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Generation Tech: How To Plan For Storms and Disasters

  29-09-2017 17:57
  Do you have a plan in the event of severe weather or a disaster? In line with National Preparedness Month, we have Cheryl Nelson, Meteorologist and Weather & Preparedness Advisor for Cummins, joining us to offer tips on how to plan and prep for a storm or disaster, what to have on-hand and how to avoid being left without power.
  
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• Car Lands in Pond in Ellington

  29-09-2017 17:24 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Frog Hollow Road in Ellington is closed after a car crashed and went into a pond early Friday morning.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Connecticut Sends More Help For Puerto Rico

  29-09-2017 17:19
  EAST GRANBY, Conn. (CBS Connecticut) – The fourth Connecticut National Guard relief flight in the past week left East Granby Friday morning, bound for hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
  The C-130H cargo plane with a crew of 12 and 11 tons of supplies was expected to drop off its cargo and 11 crew members before heading to Savannah, Georgia for the night and to await further instructions.
  Since the hurricane hit the island territory, more than 100 members of the Connecticut National Guard have
  
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• Trooper Struck On Side of Route 8 In Waterbury

  29-09-2017 17:03
  (CBS Connecticut) — State Police say a trooper was injured when he was struck by a car on Route 8 in Waterbury late yesterday afternoon.
  Trooper Anlly Diaz was out of his cruiser, at the scene of an earlier accident, when a Dodge Challenger sideswiped his cruiser, then hit him.
  Police say the 36-year-old Diaz’s cruiser was parked on a paved area in the right shoulder with its emergency lights on, protecting the scene of the earlier crash.
  The driver and passenger in the Challenger we
  
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• Man Sentenced For Nightclub Shooting That Wounded 5

  29-09-2017 16:23
  STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) – A man who said he was defending himself when he was caught on video spraying gunfire into a crowd outside a Connecticut nightclub, wounding five people, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison.
  The Stamford Advocate reports (http://bit.ly/2x1tUbC ) 25-year-old Dayron Wills was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to first-degree assault chargeslast year.
  Wills told the judge he feared for his life when he opened fire outside a Stamford nightclub in 2014.
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• Deaths in CT Mobile Home Explosion Ruled Suicides

  29-09-2017 15:59
  CLINTON, Conn. (AP) — The deaths of a Connecticut husband and wife as a result of an explosion that destroyed their mobile home have been ruled suicides.
  Clinton police said Thursday that 64-year-old Leo Hinkley and 61-year-old Candace Hinkley “were suffering from very serious medical and health issues prior to the explosion and recently had become very depressed.”
  They were injured in an explosion in the early morning hours of Sept. 21. They both died at the hospital.
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• Trooper Struck While Investigating Crash on Route 8 in Waterbury

  29-09-2017 15:54 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A state trooper suffered minor injuries when his cruiser was struck on Thursday evening.Photo Credit: Connecticut State Police
  
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• Arrest Made In Second Killing Featured On ‘Cold Case Cards’

  29-09-2017 15:51
  NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Police have made an arrest in the 2012 killing of a man in Norwalk, the second arrest this week in cases featured on Connecticut’s so-called cold case playing cards.
  The Norwalk Hour reports 22-year-old Hakeem Atkinson was arraigned Thursday on a charge of murder in the February 2012 death of Joseph Bateman.
  Bateman’s death was described on a playing card in a deck offered for sale to prison inmates as part of an effort to generate tips. An arrest was mad
  
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• Clinton Explosion Deaths Were Suicides: Medical Examiner

  29-09-2017 15:26 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A husband and wife who died after their mobile home in Clinton exploded last week committed suicide, according to the office of the chief medical examiner.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• Police Find 7,500 Bags of Heroin With Fentanyl During Bust

  29-09-2017 15:09 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Hartford police found thousands of bags of heroin with fentanyl during a bust.Photo Credit: Hartford Police
  
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• Los Amigos Softball League in Hartford Organizes Donation Drive

  29-09-2017 15:05 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A group of volunteers on Thursday helped sort, stack and prepare donations to be shipped to Puerto Rico after Los Amigos Softball League in Hartford organized a relief drive.Photo Credit: NBCConnecticut.com
  
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• State Advises Schools on Enrolling Students From Puerto Rico

  29-09-2017 14:03 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Some families from Puerto Rico have relocated because of the devastation Hurricane Maria has caused and the governor is offering guidelines to schools statewide in the event that displaced children enroll...Photo Credit: Gerald Herbert/AP
  
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• Robocallers Spoofing Local Numbers and Officials

  29-09-2017 13:59 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Robocallers are more clever than ever, spoofing phone numbers to make it appear to come from someone familiar, including town officials.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Road in Hartford Closed After 14-Foot Deep Void Found

  29-09-2017 13:54 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A road in Hartford will be shut down after workers found a large void underneath it on Thursday, the mayor's office said.
  
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• This Morning With Ray Dunaway September 29, 2017

  29-09-2017 12:40
  Here’s what’s coming up this morning with Ray Dunaway.
  6:50- Richard Manning, President of Americans for Limited Government President, says the new tax plan needs to be big enough to stimulate the economy.
  7:20- Prof William Jacobson, Founder of Legal Insurrection, explains why there’s no love lost with the NFL.
  7:50- Jacqueline Rabe Thomas, CTMirror.org Education reporter, addresses the Supreme Court grappling with its role addressing poverty in the classroom.
  8:50- Rep.
  
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• Pair Busted for Heroin, Fentanyl Production & Sales

  29-09-2017 11:40
  (Hartford, CONN. / CBS Connecticut)– Hartford Police have arrested two people they say produced and sold Heroin and Fentanyl out of an apartment in the Capitol City.
  On Thursday, detectives searched the apartment on Elliott Street and found two semi-automatic handguns (one of which was stolen out of Berlin), 800 grams of unprocessed Heroin and Fentanyl, 7500 bags of packaged Heroin/Fentanyl, narcotics packaging, 100 Oxycodone Pills, processing materials and around $4,500 in cash.
  The two p
  
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• One Person Injured after Car Crash

  29-09-2017 11:10 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  One person is suffering from serious injured after an accident that happened early Friday morning.Police said a car crashed into a utility pole and then landed into a pond in Ellington.The person...
  
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• New Details in Hit-And-Run in Hartford That Killed Woman

  29-09-2017 10:46 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Surveillance video shows the terrible accident that killed a 58-year-old woman in Hartford earlier in September.
  
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• Vehicle crashes into pole, plunges into pond at East Windsor-Ellington town line

  29-09-2017 10:37
  EAST WINDSOR – A vehicle crashed into a utility pole and landed in a pond on Frog Hollow Road near the East Windsor-Ellington town line Friday morning. Dispatchers confirmed serious injuries in the accident and said Lifestar was called to the scene. Frog Hollow Road is closed at this time. Stay with Fox 61 for updates on this developing story.   
  
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• Judge 51st HR, Yankees Miss chance to move up, Rays win 9-6

  29-09-2017 06:28
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sonny Gray said he didn’t notice what was posted on the out-of-town scoreboard at YankeeStadium, but his manager did.
  A big chance to put more pressure on Boston in the AL East race. There, and then gone.
  Aaron Judge hit his 51st home run for a quick lead that was squandered when Gray and the New York bullpen fell apart Thursday night in a 9-6 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.
  The Yankees stayed three games behind the division-leading Red Sox, routed by Hous
  
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• Astros (17 hits) Pounce on Red Sox, Win 12-2

  29-09-2017 06:22
  BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox stumbled on their way to an AL East title — and got a pretty scary look at what’s waiting for them if they get there.
  Major league batting leader Jose Altuve had three of Houston’s 17 hits, Carlos Correa had four and the Astros chased Red Sox starter Eduardo Rodriguez in the second inning on Thursday night to win 12-2 and keep Boston from clinching the division title.
  “We ran into a buzz saw tonight,&rd
  
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• DOJ demands Facebook information from ‘anti-administration activists’

  29-09-2017 05:55
  Trump administration lawyers are demanding the private account information of potentially thousands of Facebook users in three separate search warrants served on the social media giant, according to court documents obtained by CNN. The warrants specifically target the accounts of three Facebook users who are described by their attorneys as “anti-administration activists who have spoken out at organized events, and who are generally very critical of this administration’s policies.&rdq
  
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• It’s National Coffee Day on Friday!

  29-09-2017 05:39
  It’s National Coffee Day! For some of us, every day is coffee day but now you can get some deals for your cup of joe! Dunkin Donuts you can get a free medium hot coffee Friday when you buy a medium or larger hot coffee, so head out to Dunkin and share a coffee with a friend. If you’re heading to Mohegan Sun,  not only Friday,  but all weekend long, stop by Krispy Kreme. They’re giving away free coffee all […]
  
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• Americares Sending Medical Supplies to Puerto Rico

  29-09-2017 05:20 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  A Stamford-based relief organization is sending several shipments of much needed medical supplies to Puerto Rico after already responding to the areas recovering from Hurricanes Irma and Harvey.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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• Video captures neighbors rescuing woman from burning Chicago home

  29-09-2017 05:13
  CHICAGO – A 64-year-old woman is recovering from her injuries after being rescued from a burning home on Chicago’s South Side, according to WGN. Witnesses credit neighbors for saving her life. Wade Rankin and other neighbors flew into action, assisting the woman’s son who was desperately trying to save her. Cellphone video captured the moments after Rankin managed to pull Jerri Kelly out of the burning house on the 600 block of West 61st Pl. “If we didn’t
  
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• Suspect broke into Ohio burial vault, tried to cremate corpse: police

  29-09-2017 05:13
  AKRON, Ohio – Police are investigating after someone forced open an Akron business and tried to cremate a corpse, according to WJW. According to Akron police, it happened sometime between 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. Wednesday at Akron Burial Vault Co., 95 North Canton Road. An employee had contacted police after arriving at work and discovering the scene. The suspect or suspects forced open a north side door on the side of the building. Once inside, they attempted to cremate [&hellip
  
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• ‘NICU Grandpa’ comforts newborns when their parents can’t be there

  29-09-2017 05:13
  ATLANTA — A volunteer at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has become something of a legend – he’s even been given the nickname “NICU Grandpa” for his devotion to the hospital’s youngest patients, according to WXIA. David Deutchman shows up every Tuesday and Thursday to comfort and soothe newborns when their parents can’t be with them. “It’s been wonderful because it gives me something to do that has meaning to it,” Deutchman told
  
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• Iowa mom left 4 young kids home alone and went to Europe on vacation, police say

  29-09-2017 05:13
  JOHNSTON, Iowa  –  An Iowa mother faces multiple charges allegedly leaving her four children at home while she traveled to Germany, according to WHO. Johnston police were called to 30-year-old Erin Lee Macke’s home on September 21st on a child welfare check.  When they arrived they found four children including two 12-year-olds, a 7-year-old and a 6-year-old.  Police say that Macke had left the country the day before and was en route to Germany.  She wasn&rsq
  
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• Infant dies after couple ignores medical advice, insists ‘God … makes no mistakes’

  29-09-2017 05:13
  Michigan police say Rachel Piland didn’t take her newborn daughter to the hospital despite the baby coughing blood and not eating, instead going to “listen to sermons,” the Lansing State Journal reports. A day later, Piland allegedly wouldn’t let her mother call for help when blood was coming out of her baby’s nose and she was having trouble breathing. Four-day-old Abigail was dead within hours. Now Rachel Piland and husband Joshua Piland have been charged with invo
  
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• Firefighters rescue five cats in one day after receiving animal oxygen masks

  29-09-2017 05:13
  TAYLOR, Pa. – Newly donated oxygen masks helped save five pet cats after a fire Thursday morning in the Pennsylvania borough of Taylor, according to WNEP. The fire broke out after 10 a.m. in a building on Union Street, forcing seven people and several animals out of their homes. The Nykaza family told WNEP their badly-burned home has been in the family for generations, but now it’s not clear if they’ll ever be able to move back in again. Five […]
  
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• Students Excited for Calhoun Addition to Athletics Department

  29-09-2017 05:08 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  In a much-anticipated announcement, former UConn men’s head basketball coach Jim Calhoun told staff and students today at the University of Saint Joseph that his love for the game could no longer be tamed.
  
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• DayTrippers: The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library in New Haven is a literary mecca

  29-09-2017 04:30
  NEW HAVEN – Colorful volumes by the dozen, by the hundred, by the thousand. Walk into the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library and be greeted by a stunning six story book tower containing an astounding 180,000 books – special, meaningful, important books. “The typical reaction is, ‘Wow!'” says Communications Director Michael Morand.  “You might spot an early edition of Sir Isaac Newton’s ‘Principia’ and you might spot an early edi
  
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• Puerto Rico: NASA images show landscape before & after

  29-09-2017 04:21
  NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies tweeted photos of the Puerto Rico landscape taken before Hurricane Maria and after the storm. Puerto Rico Landscape Ravaged by Hurricane Maria https://t.co/JE7uLbabGj #NASA pic.twitter.com/ISBzshWf1l — NASA Earth (@NASAEarth) September 27, 2017 Puerto Rico landscape ravaged by Hurricane Maria. Images: Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite.https://t.co/AlCHpDw4BX pic.twitter.com/yGi1aYRZLK — NASA GISS (@NASAGISS) Sept
  
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• Police Investigate Fatal Car and Motorcycle Crash in Hartford

  29-09-2017 02:21 via nbcconnecticut.com
  
  Police said they are investigating a fatal motorcycle and car crash in Hartford on Thursday night.Photo Credit: NBC Connecticut
  
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